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OTTAKAR II ., Or PREMYSL OTTAKAR H. (C. I230-1278), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Bohemia, was a son of King See also:Wenceslaus I., and through his See also:mother, Kunigunde, was related to the See also:Hohenstaufen See also:family, being a See also:grandson of the See also:German king, See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, See also:duke of See also:Swabia. During his See also:father's lifetime he ruled See also:Moravia, but when in 1248 some discontented Bohemian nobles acknowledged him as their See also:sovereign, trouble arose between him and his father, and for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Ottakar was imprisoned. However, in 1251 the See also:young See also:prince secured his See also:election as duke of See also:Austria, where he strengthened his position by marrying See also:Margaret (d: 1267), See also:sister of Duke See also:Frederick II., the last of the See also:Babenberg rulers of the duchy and widow of the German king, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VII. Some years later he repudiated this See also:lady and married a Hungarian princess. Both before and after he became king of Bohemia in See also:succession to his father in See also:September 1253 Ottakar was involved in a dispute with See also:Bela IV., king of See also:Hungary, over the See also:possession of See also:Styria, which duchy had formerly been See also:united with Austria. By an arrangement made in 1254 he surrendered See also:part of it to Bela, but when the dispute was renewed he defeated the Hungarians in See also:July 126o and secured the whole of Styria for himself, owing his formal See also:investiture with Austria and Styria to the German king, See also:Richard, See also:earl of See also:Cornwall. The Bohemian king also led two expeditions against the Prussians. In 1269 he inherited See also:Carinthia and part of Cambia; and having made See also:good his claim, contested by the Hungarians, on the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field of See also:battle, he was the most powerful prince in See also:Germany when an election for the German See also:throne took See also:place in 1273. But Ottakar was not the successful See also:candidate. He refused to acknowledge his victorious See also:rival, See also:Rudolph of See also:Habsburg, and urged the See also:pope to adopt a similar attitude, while the new king claimed the See also:Austrian duchies. Matters reached a See also:climax in 1276. Placing Ottakar under the See also:ban of the See also:empire, Rudolph besieged See also:Vienna and compelled Ottakar in See also:November 1276 to sign a treaty by which he gave up Austria and the neighbouring duchies, retaining for himself only Bohemia and Moravia. Two years later the Bohemian king tried to recover his lost lands; he found See also:allies and collected a large See also:army, but he was defeated by Rudolph and killed at Diirnkrut on the See also:March on the 26th of See also:August 1278. Ottakar was a founder of towns and a friend of See also:law and See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, while he assisted See also:trade and welcomed German immigrants. See also:Clever, strong and handsome, he is a famous figure both in See also:history and in See also:legend, and is the subject of a tragedy by F. See also:Grillparzer, See also:Konig Ottokars Glitck and Ende. His son and successor was Wenceslaus II.
See 0. Lorenz, Geschichte Konig Ottokars, ii. (Vienna, 1866) ; A. See also:Huber, Geschichte Oesterreichs, See also:Band i, (See also:Gotha, 1885); and F. Palacky, Geschichte von Bohmen, Band i. (See also:Prague, 1844).
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